Birth of the Demonic Sword

"He isn't bad!" Noah laughed.

"You would have done it with a finger back then," King Elbas snorted.

"He said something!" The Foolery shouted, but everyone wanted to pay attention to the battle, so they ignored the pig.

Kirk turned toward the remaining nine existences. Two cultivators, six magical beasts of various species, and a humanoid hybrid had remained on the battlefield, but Kirk didn't seem scared about them.

Jordan had purposely chosen opponents that didn't benefit much from Noah's influence. She had understood that the group only wanted to test Kirk's power, and she tried to avoid creating a deadly battle.

One of the magical beasts, a massive rhino with metal skin, charged ahead and made the whole hole tremble. An eagle from behind the creature shot high in the sky and pointed its beak toward Kirk. One of the two white apes decided to follow the rhino, and ice spread under its feet.

Kirk pointed two fingers toward the incoming rhino. He closed his eyes and began to gather his power. Noah and King Elbas immediately recognized the higher energy flowing through his hand and creating a black mark on his fingertips.

The rhino didn't stop even when Kirk's fingers began to glow with a brown light. A low noise then filled the area, and the ground in front of him began to shatter.

Invisible energy was marching toward the rhino. The ground opened, and its shards began to rotate around the attack. Space also wanted to bend, but the Immortal Lands were too stable for that.

The rhino suddenly vanished from the battlefield, but Kirk showed a surprised expression at that sight. His attack shouldn't have caused that effect, and his gaze soon went on the stages.

Noah shrugged his shoulders when Kirk's eyes landed on him, and an explanation soon escaped his mouth. "Go all-out. I'll make sure that none of them gets killed."

A chill ran down Kirk's spine at those words. Noah didn't affect the fight before, but he had decided to save the rhino. He could instantly understand which attacks would cause more damage or lead to the death of one of the fighters.

The scariest aspect of that feat was his ability to make the creature disappear without leaving any trace. Noah didn't even move from his position, but he had managed to affect the battle without interrupting its normal flow.

The shrill cry of the eagle forced Kirk to snap back to reality. The creature dived toward the cultivator while the ape continued its march. Both magical beasts were about to release their attacks, but Kirk's confusion didn't affect his reaction time.

Kirk leapt toward the eagle in an instant. His movements were swift and quick, and his hands reached the creature's neck before the effects of his previous ability ended.

The cultivator enhanced his physical strength and tried to tear the neck with a swift movement, but the eagle suddenly disappeared from his grasp.

"He likes to challenge you," June commented.

"I would be surprised if he didn't test my ability," Noah laughed.

Kirk could have taken care of the eagle and the ape at the same time, but the technique ended after the magical beast disappeared from his grasp. His d.e.s.i.r.e to deliver a deadly blow to test Noah's power had allowed the ape to break free.

The ape stomped its feet on the ground, and the ice acc.u.mulated behind it rose in the air before transforming into spikes that flew toward Kirk.

Kirk's feet started to perform strange movements. Their shapes became blurry as the cultivator stepped on the air and began to walk among the sharp spikes.

The ape fell in a daze when it watched that scene. Kirk appeared weightless as he walked through the attack and reached his opponent.

Kirk placed his feet on the creature before an immense pressure fell on its shoulder. Both figures immediately dived into the ground. The attack had made them dig a hole inside the battlefield.

The ape covered the area with ice as the elephant began to charge forward while waving its tusks. The cat disappeared, and the two cultivators rose in the air to point their hands toward Kirk.

The hybrid also stepped forward, but she remained behind the group. She spread her arms and gathered flames in front of her c.h.e.s.t while she waited for her companions' offensive to unfold.

Kirk sprinted toward the elephant and grabbed its tusks. The magical beast tried to stomp its feet on the ground to generate a shockwave that could destabilize the cultivator, but it suddenly found itself unable to reach the terrain.

Kirk lifted the elephant and threw it toward the incoming storm of ice-shards. Then, he sprinted under the magical beast to block the cultivators' vision.

The expert reappeared in front of the ape, where he promptly punched its belly. The attack flung the creature away and slammed it on the rocky wall.

His senses suddenly warned him about a potential danger. Dark marks appeared around Kirk's eyes and enhanced his vision, allowing him to identify the creature hidden in the fabric of the world.

Kirk's hand suddenly shot forward, and the tiny cat materialized in his grasp. The expert wanted to squeeze it to death, but the creature disappeared and left him empty-handed.

The attacks landed on Kirk at that point. A lightning bolt with the shape of a snake and a series of unstable boulders fell on the cultivator.

The hole fell into chaos. Waves of grey smoke and azure shards rose toward the sky as the lightning bolt dug the ground and the boulders detonated. The two cultivators had used some of their best attacks, but Noah didn't feel the need to intervene.

The defensive layer returned inside his skin and revealed that Kirk had virtually suffered no damage. His figure then disappeared, and one of the cultivators replaced him.

The cultivator that had remained in the sky turned, and his worries ended up being true. Kirk had switched places with the other expert, and he was already moving his arm to deploy an attack.

Noah put the cultivator in the air inside the Shadow Domain before sending him among the audience. Only three opponents remained at that point. Kirk had yet to defeat a cultivator, the injured elephant, and the hybrid.

Kirk didn't let his opponents gain the initiative. He shot toward the elephant and delivered a powerful kick toward its head.

The magical beast endured the blow, but that only made Kirk deploy more power. The elephant fainted at that point, but the hybrid released her attack before he could get away from the creature.

The elephant's figure disappeared when the fire spread through the area. The dense and raging flames flew in every direction and tried to burn every trace of life that still existed inside the hole.

Noah had to use the Shadow Domain to save the two fainted creatures and the last cultivator. The hybrid had understood that power, so she felt no reason to hold back.

However, a human figure walked through the flames. Kirk had summoned his silver defense again, but he seemed to struggle among that fire.